I made a promise to board member Kleintje that one day, when the time would allow, that I would give some TLC to his car, in the form of a complete detail. The perfect opportunity appeared between Christmas and New Years Eve, where 2x 4 days weekends would give me the time to work on his car.

This is a 1999 M5 with 268 000km on the clock and it really hasn't seen much love (in a detailers perspective, of course) until the day that Kleintje left the car with me when he went on Vacations to Seattle, so he could go crash a Ford Explorer against some fences

I set off outside on the 25th of December, to give the car a wash and clay it, so I could store it to continue on the next day, before the cold front would arrive to NL (we had negative temperatures everyday since then).

This is what I had ahead of me...

You missed a spot!

Freakin awesome job!

Let me know when YOU want to vacation in Seattle... I have a dirty CB M5 that could use some TLC too. I can provide all accommodations for you (and your girlfriend)!!!

^^^^ please DO NOT quote that first post again... jesus!... lol... can my car really look like that??... ive never gotten it to shine that deep and i know jet black shows some serious depth when preped properly... damn lovely job man...

I had seen this pics in another forum a couple or days ago and was completely amazed. I absolutely love oxford green, too bad it´s one of the few colours I haven´t seen an M5 in. Congrats on your detailing job man, I tried doing the same with my car with Meguiars products but it seems I need something else to get rid of the swirls.

Thanks for posting pics of the whole process, hope you do the same when you´re finished with yours.

Thanks again for the great post. All we who love our beasts want to show them at their best!
I use Griot's products, and only Polish 3 and 4 (the mildest polish) over the entire car once, and only Polish 1 (the most aggressive) a couple of times in a specific area (door scratches). Moderate pressure, Porter Cable orbital on speed #3 (of 6).
Your input again appreciated!

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